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Citizens rights, judges and state accountability

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Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2002Description: 396p xiISBN:
  • 9780195659085
DDC classification:
  • 342.085000 NOO-2
Contents:
Contents: Sect. I. The Judiciary; 1. Tackling Judicial Delinquency; 2. The Judiciary in Decline: The System's Prestige at its Lowest Since Inception; 3. Farce or Obsolescence of Impeachment Process; 4. Imputing Bias and the Law of Contempt; 5. Courts and the Media; 6. Courts and Bar Associations; 7. The Bar and the Bench; 8. The Supreme Court and Demolition of Babri Masjid; 9. The Supreme Courts Judgment on the Ayodhya Act, 1983; 10. The Supreme Court on Hindutva; 11. The Judges' Case; 12. The Code of Conduct for Judges; 13. Justice Shivappa's Case; Sect. II. The Process of Accountability; 14. When a Minister Ought to Resign; 15. The Law of Sanction for Prosecution; 16. Integrity of Prosecutions; 17. The Supreme Court on the CBI; 18. Satish Sharma's Case; 19. The Kargil Inquiry; 20. The Kargil Report ; Sect. III. Elections; 21. Appointing the Chief Election Commissioner; 22. Debarring Criminals; 23. Debarring Purveyors of Religious Hate; 24. Election Commission and Poll Surveys; 25. Delimitation of Constituencies; Sect. IV. Commissions of Inquiry; 26. Dissolving a Commission of Inquiry; 27. Publishing Inquiry Reports; 28. Jain Commission's Final Report; 29. The Tehelka Commission and Press Freedom; 30. The Commission as Vendetta; Sect. V. The Civil Service; 31. Civil Servants and Ministers; 32. The Vasudevan Case; 33. Transfer of Civil Servants; 34. The Civil Servants' Truth; 35. Papers of Previous Regimes; Sect. VI. The Right to Know; 36. Pamphleteering and Politics.
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Contents: Sect. I. The Judiciary;
1. Tackling Judicial Delinquency;
2. The Judiciary in Decline: The System's Prestige at its Lowest Since Inception;
3. Farce or Obsolescence of Impeachment Process;
4. Imputing Bias and the Law of Contempt;
5. Courts and the Media;
6. Courts and Bar Associations;
7. The Bar and the Bench;
8. The Supreme Court and Demolition of Babri Masjid;
9. The Supreme Courts Judgment on the Ayodhya Act, 1983;
10. The Supreme Court on Hindutva;
11. The Judges' Case;
12. The Code of Conduct for Judges;
13. Justice Shivappa's Case;
Sect. II. The Process of Accountability;
14. When a Minister Ought to Resign;
15. The Law of Sanction for Prosecution;
16. Integrity of Prosecutions;
17. The Supreme Court on the CBI;
18. Satish Sharma's Case;
19. The Kargil Inquiry;
20. The Kargil Report ;
Sect. III. Elections;
21. Appointing the Chief Election Commissioner;
22. Debarring Criminals;
23. Debarring Purveyors of Religious Hate;
24. Election Commission and Poll Surveys;
25. Delimitation of Constituencies;
Sect. IV. Commissions of Inquiry;
26. Dissolving a Commission of Inquiry;
27. Publishing Inquiry Reports;
28. Jain Commission's Final Report;
29. The Tehelka Commission and Press Freedom;
30. The Commission as Vendetta;
Sect. V. The Civil Service;
31. Civil Servants and Ministers;
32. The Vasudevan Case;
33. Transfer of Civil Servants;
34. The Civil Servants' Truth;
35. Papers of Previous Regimes;
Sect. VI. The Right to Know;
36. Pamphleteering and Politics.